Happy October! If you’ve followed my blog for long, you know I love this time of year. The crisp air, the pumpkins, the smell of the leaves, the beautiful colors…. it’s just all so energizing! I LOVE it!

It can be difficut to get people to visit us way up here in the north country. That is especially true in the winter time…. which can make for a lonely Christmas. And when no one is going to visit…. well, it’s just not as much fun to decorate. But, we do sometimes get visitors in the fall, so last year I put a little effort into creating some fall-friendly pieces.

Autumn Window

I wanted to do something different with the fireplace mantle. I used an old window that I’ve had sitting around and added some vinyl and some mini canvas pennants.

A Little Subway for Fall

I needed to decorate the porch as well so I made this Fall Subway Art to use out there.

If you’d like a free SVG for Autumn, just leave a comment and I’ll send you a link to my “Subway for Fall” SVG. If you want to take a look at more of my recent work, check out my Facebook pages here and here. And please “Like” my page while you’re there.

Oh… and by the way, if you are like me and thinking about Christmas already, you can check out my floating ornaments here.

I am honored to have been asked by Team KNK to join the group of awesome designers on their blog. Check out my latest Team KNK post and see how to make a framed print “pop” by adding a vinyl decal to the glass.

To see some of my other Inkscape Projects, look here. All of my designing is done in Inkscape.

Here are a couple of whimsical drawings that illustrate how I can add detail to my drawings with my Wacom tablet and pen. The second example is an illustration I finished a year or so ago. I liked it but it needed something more. You can see all the added detail in the updated version.

Of course, most of this I could do with a mouse, but it would be very tedious and I don’t think I have the patience for that. It’s so much easier to add detail with a Wacom pen and tablet. I’m pretty happy with how I’m able to give my drawings more of a hand drawn look now that I have the drawing tablet.

I bought myself a new Wacom Intuos Pro… with a little help from birthday and Christmas gifts. Most of my Inkscape drawings start with vector shapes; it’s a little difficult to do much sketching with a mouse. And, I never have been very good at sketching with a pen and paper. However, I really like using a few freehand lines to add interest, and give my drawing a bit of that hand-drawn effect.

Eye Draw It Bird Sketched

Here is an illustration of my little Eye Draw It birdie, modified with some small strokes created using my new Wacom Pen and Tablet.

It must be the diet I’m on that made me draw something so yummy looking. Actually, I drew this for Inkscape – Draw Freely Facebook Group challenge. The theme for this week is banana. If you’d like a free SVG, click here.